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De La's debut represented a new path for hip-hop, a reaction to conventions that had turned into clichés. It was friendly and playful enough to cross over to a pop audience (thanks to Prince Paul's production, which found the funk hiding inside Steely Dan and "Schoolhouse Rock"), but complicated and tough enough to be hugely influential in the hip-hop world. Cryptic but ecstatic, and sometimes sexy (especially the ingenious double-entendre "Buddy"), Trugoy and Posdnuos's lyrics invented a "new style of speak," dense with self-invented slang and metaphors. The hits, including "Say No Go" and "Me Myself And I," are delightful, but the little sketches and sound-experiments between them make the whole disc flow effortlessly. --Douglas Wolk

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Unfortunately the printing of this special edition disc is defective. All the tracks are staticy and distorted. I misplaced the copy I ordered from Amazon and once I found it the return window was expired so I couldn't sent it back. Now I'm stuck with coasters of a beloved album. I've owned it before but someone always steals it.

this album is like... i wish these dudes raps were easier to pick up. that was always my problem with de la vs. groups like tribe - they don't seem as instantly accessible to me. maybe others don't have that problem. still, this album is dope for beats. prince paul did his thing on this one.

Good album, only problem i had is that fro some reason, disk 1 wouldnt read on my macbook, computer or xbox 360, but somehow it read just fine on my dvd player and xbox one. So what i had to do was rip the cd on my brothers computer and put it on a flash drive so that i could put it on my itunes.

i had this cd many yrs ago. i received a double cd when i purchased this and come to find, a large majority of the interludes and bonus sides, are scratchy, skips and indecipherable. i just don't know which song is going to be the next one to not understand. why?

Gee...I don't subscribe to the idea that the good old days are better (or worse) musically than now, but,I dunno, De La Soul's "3 Feet High and Rising," (along with records like the Stone Roses album) sometimes make me think that 1989 was some sort of high watermark for popular music.

Calling a record a 'classic' or 'landmark' loads on a lot in the way of expectation, but this album can easily carry it off.It doesn't need stuffy admiration or solemn praise.It's fun. It just is.

Originally I had the vinyl with the tricky cover that didn't wear so well.From Amazon I got the anniversary version of the CD with the bonus disc and I'm glad I have it.